I never knew what she meant when she describes Agatha's eyes as 'bearlike' until I saw MC Beaton. Yes bearlike is exactly what her eyes look like. She modelled Aggies face to her own.

What a tragedy that Christie killed off Poirot, leaving no room for new adventures 😔

M C is an interesting lady. One couldn’t call her novels well written..... she frequently uses her characters to beat the drum of her hobby horse ‘smoking’ and it’s associated issues.... which takes a prime position in all of the Agatha Raisin novels and soon becomes ‘wearing’....... She’s obviously well travelled and her descriptive passages are accurate and evocative....... M C is a lady who feels that she still has something to say......